McGuffey girls win Christmas tournament

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CLAYSVILLE – Sammie Weiss scored 25 points as McGuffey overcame a slow start to rout Winchester Thurston, 68-30, in the championship game of the Highlanders Christmas tournament in a high school girls basketball game.

Rachel Czulewicz added 11 points for the Highlanders (7-1), who took over the game with a 26-4 run in the second quarter after trailing 12-10 after the first quarter.

Ally Bogden added 13 points for the Rockets (4-4), who led 28-6 at the half.

Paige Weaver led Southmoreland (1-9) with seven points.

Carmichaels 53, Waynesburg 30: A week after scoring her 1,000th point, senior point guard Morgan Berardi became Carmichaels’ all-time assists leader with seven during a 53-30 win over Waynesburg at the Laurel Highlands Tournament, giving her 451 for her career. Berardi also finished with a game-high 17 points for Carmichaels, which won its eighth straight game.

California 60, South Allegheny 51: Courtnee McMasters led the Trojans to a 60-51 victory over South Allegheny with a triple-double, posting 16 points, 10 assists and 13 rebounds. Natalie Baron had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds, while Tristen Conaway had a game-high 20 points to go along with 10 rebounds.

South Allegheny got 19 points from Jaylee Patterson, 16 more from Abby Dranko.

OLSH 63, Bentworth 24: Tia Scuilli and Bri VanVolkenburg combined for 28 points, and Our Lady of Sacred Heart beat Bentworth, 63-24, after building a 17-1 lead in the first quarter. Bentworth got 11 points from Reilly Skerbetz, who, along with Taylor Pompei (seven points), made the all-tournament team.

Washington 48, South Side Beaver 33: Alyssa Wise scored 19 points and Taylor Ellis added 14 to lead the Wash High girls to a 48-33 win over South Side Beaver in the Penn State Beaver Tournament. The Prexies are now 4-4.

South Side Beaver (3-6) got 12 points from Sara Androlia.

Shenango 63, Burgettstown 53: Burgettstown fell to 0-8 with a 63-53 loss to Shenango, also at the Penn State Beaver Tournament. Bryanna Lonick paced the Blue Devils with 15 points and Michaela Bertovich added 11, but Burgettstown trailed by 14 at halftime and never recovered.

The foul-filled game featured 84 free throw attempts, with Burgettstown converting 25 of them.

South Fayette 61, New Brighton 16: The Lions improved to 4-3 with a 61-16 win over New Brighton at the C.J. Betters Tournament behind a game-high 18 points from Kristen Hardt, who made all four of her shots from three-point range. Caitlin McLuckie scored 16 points and also had eight assists. Lauren Crites scored three points and grabbed eight rebounds.

New Brighton fell to 2-6.

Morgantown 66, Monessen 11: The Greyhounds fell to 0-5 with a 66-11 loss to Morgantown in the Cal U Classic. Caroline Colombo led Morgantown with 13 points and Leah Taylor added 11.

Mariah Ward contributed four points for Monessen, which was held without a point in the second and fourth quarters.

West Greene 64, Mapletown 15: Madison Raber scored a career-high 30 points and also had seven rebounds, as West Greene cruised to a 64-15 win over Mapletown in the Bentworth Christmas Tournament. Seventeen of Raber’s points came in the third quarter, helping West Greene improve to 6-2 overall. Madison’s younger sister, Alyssa, had nine points and 12 rebounds.